Monthly Archives: March 2022
Evidence Grows That Vaccines Lower The Risk Of Getting Long COVID | LAist
The chance of even a mild case of COVID-19 turning into a long-term, debilitating medical condition is one of the greatest fears of Americans trying to navigate the pandemic, which is again taking a turn as new data shows the BA.2 subvariant is taking hold in the U.S.
Unfortunately, the only sure way to avoid long COVID is not to catch the virus in the first place.
But there is now a growing body of research that’s offering at least some reassurance for those who do end up getting infected — being fully vaccinated seems to substantially cut the risk of later developing the persistent symptoms that characterize long COVID.
While many of the findings are still preliminary, the handful of studies that have emerged in the past half year are telling a relatively consistent story.
Source: Evidence Grows That Vaccines Lower The Risk Of Getting Long COVID | LAist
Norooz Pic + Twinkl + Cats Fable Vid + Pod: Ashley’s Easier Publishing
Happiness Between Tails by da-AL

Click H-E-R-E for my podcast page at AnchorFM. This week’s audio show is the audio version of this blog post of “Self-Publishing It Gets Easier by Ashley L. Peterson.”
At the Happiness Between Tails podcast page, you’ll also find links to subscribe, hear, and share it via most any platform, from Spotify and Apple Podcasts, to Google Podcasts and Pocket Casts, along with RadioPublic and Castbox and Stitcher and more, plus an RSS feed. The full list of 50+ places is H-E-R-E.
Persian New Year partying is a two-week affair, so we’re still in the midst of it! Here’s the haft-seen table that Khashayar arranged. In another video, I explain the history and the items.
More to celebrate: given that I’m writing soon-to-be-published novels, Twinkl (a resource by teachers, for teachers and homeschoolers in…
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Felicidade
” A felicidade é uma possibilidade que não depende do tempo, nem do espaço em que as coisas acontecem. A felicidade é a expressão genuína daquilo que se busca, deseja e sonha. A medida que nos sentimentos satisfeitos conosco, e com o universo que nos cerca, a felicidade é um passo, porque a vida ganha a lógica correta. E “o milagre” naturalmente acontece”.
Marii Freire Pereira. Felicidade
https://Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!
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Santarém, Pá 24 de março de 2022

Zygmunt Bauman
” As grandes mudanças na história nunca vieram dos pobres, mas da frustração das pessoas com grandes expectativas que nunca se cumpriram”
Zigmunt Bauman
Marii Freire Pereira
https://Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!
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Santarém, Pá 24 de março de 2022

Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson.
The Novel: UnHoly Pursuit: Devil on my Trail
I’m sure by now, everyone has heard about the confirmation hearing of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. The woman has so many qualifications I can’t begin to list them all.
She’s the first of many: First nominee to have served as a federal public defender, first African America woman to be nominated are just a few of her firsts.
Having writing over five hundred decisions in ten years is quiet a feat. Seemed to me she has more qualifications than nominee ever nominated or confirmed.


Prior to 1916 the justices were not subjected to a confirmation hearing. They were simply shooed in by Congress and the president. Many had no legal training at all. Let alone had ever served a judge. Giving a genteel opinion is your local community did not qualify one to sit on the Supreme Court.
Como en los viejos tiempos
¡Bravo!
Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga
SANTIAGO GALICIA ROJON SERRALLONGA
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Como en los viejos tiempos, anoto en mi libreta de apuntes las letras de mi inspiración, palabras cargadas de sentimientos e ideas que, más tarde, con calma, transcribo en el equipo de cómputo y publico o agrego, gradualmente, a mis proyectos literarios. Como en los viejos tiempos, escribo notas en mi cuaderno, entre una actividad y otra, en esos lapsos que, por su paso ligero y su presencia fugaz, se llevan pedazos de vida, y lo hago porque de otra panera no dispondría de espacios para escribir. Como en los viejos tiempos, escribo, plasmo mi tinta en cada página; aunque los demás, inmersos en ambientes y en mundos virtuales, de pronto desvíen su atención en mí y crean que soy un pobre náufrago que sobrevive a los remolinos de la hora contemporánea y que, por lo mismo, vengo de…
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Daisy
While leaders make a war call,
I stick for now to the small
After a sunny day, at night fall,
Daisies abloom close each petal
@douryeh
Justice Department and Department of Homeland Security Issue Rule to Efficiently and Fairly Process Asylum Claims | OPA | Department of Justice
The rule authorizes asylum officers within U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to consider the asylum applications of individuals subject to expedited removal who assert a fear of persecution or torture and pass the required credible fear screening. Currently, such cases are decided only by immigration judges within the Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR).
Due to existing court backlogs, the process for hearing and deciding these asylum cases currently takes several years on average. When fully implemented, the reforms and new efficiencies will shorten the process to several months for most asylum applicants covered by this rule.
“This rule advances our efforts to ensure that asylum claims are processed fairly, expeditiously, and consistent with due process,” said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland. “It will help reduce the burden on our immigration courts, protect the rights of those fleeing persecution and violence, and enable immigration judges to issue removal orders when appropriate. We look forward to receiving additional input from stakeholders and the public on this important rule.”
“The current system for handling asylum claims at our borders has long needed repair,” said Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas. “Through this rule, we are building a more functional and sensible asylum system to ensure that individuals who are eligible will receive protection more swiftly, while those who are not eligible will be rapidly removed. We will process claims for asylum or other humanitarian protection in a timely and efficient manner while ensuring due process.”
Under the rule, individuals who receive a positive credible fear determination will receive a timely interview with an asylum officer to elicit all relevant and useful information about their asylum claim. Following an interview, USCIS will decide whether to grant asylum, and, if necessary, determine the applicant’s eligibility for withholding of removal or protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT).
Justice Department Files Voting Rights Lawsuit Against Galveston County, Texas to Challenge County Redistricting Plan | OPA | Department of Justice
“This action is the latest demonstration of the Justice Department’s commitment to protecting the voting rights of all Americans, particularly during the current redistricting cycle,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “Our complaint alleges that Galveston County has violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by devising a redistricting plan that dismantles the only district in which Black and Hispanic voters had the opportunity to elect a candidate of choice to the county’s governing body. We will continue to use all available tools to challenge voting discrimination in our country.”
“The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas is committed to protecting the voting rights of all of our citizens,” said U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery for the Southern District of Texas. “We are pleased to join the Civil Rights Division in bringing this important lawsuit under the Voting Rights Act.”
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